How Nipsey Hussle’s ‘Crenshaw’ Mixtape Forever Changed Hip-Hop

Celebrating the 8th anniversary of a historic release

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“I don’t ever make moves under pressure,” Nipsey Hussle told me in 2018, a few days after the release of his debut album Victory Lap. “Or I try not to.” But in October 2013, shortly before the release of his Crenshaw mixtape, Hussle was definitely feeling the pressure…